NOAA NCEI Climate Normals 1991–2020
Mississippi Weather by Month
Temperature, rain and the hurricane season at 83 Mississippi stations, month by month.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
The median station records 59.1 inches of precipitation a year; Saucier Exp Forest, MS records the most, 70.8 inches, and Greenville Asos, MS the least, 48.9 (1.4 times as much). July is the hottest month at the median station (average high 91°F); the hottest July is at Monticello, MS, 96°F. January is the coldest (average low 35°F); the coldest January nights are at Hickory Flat, MS, 28°F. Highs reach 90°F on 75 days a year at the median station and on 113 at Beaumont Expstation, MS, the most. Snowfall is heaviest at Hickory Flat, MS, 2.6 inches a year; 31 of the 64 stations that measure snow average less than half an inch.
This page compares the 1991–2020 NOAA climate normals of 83 Mississippi weather stations, each the nearest station with full normals to at least one of the 232 Mississippi cities on this site that have one within 25 miles.
At the median station, April is the wettest month (5.8 inches) and September the driest (3.9). Station by station, the wettest month is April at 29, January at 17 and December at 17 of the 83, and the driest September at 26, October at 26 and August at 23. The gap between the wettest and driest station is widest in August: 5.9 inches.
Month by month across Mississippi
High, low and precipitation are the median of the 83 stations; the station columns name the station with the highest average high, the lowest average low, and the most and least precipitation that month, each linked to the city page it serves. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Hurricane season in Mississippi
June to November, the hurricane season months, bring 44% of the year's precipitation at the median station, from 39% at Lambert 1W, MS to 56% at Pascagoula 3 NE, MS. Since 1851, 123 tropical systems have passed within 75 miles of a Mississippi city on this site, 36 of them at hurricane strength at their closest point to one; September has brought the most (48), then August (28). 1 came outside June to November.
| Month | Tropical systems | At hurricane strength | Median precip. in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 0 | 0 | 5.4 |
| Feb | 0 | 0 | 5.3 |
| Mar | 0 | 0 | 5.5 |
| Apr | 0 | 0 | 5.8 |
| May | 1 | 0 | 5.0 |
| Jun | 13 | 0 | 4.8 |
| Jul | 11 | 3 | 4.8 |
| Aug | 28 | 8 | 4.4 |
| Sep | 48 | 20 | 3.9 |
| Oct | 21 | 5 | 3.9 |
| Nov | 1 | 0 | 4.4 |
| Dec | 0 | 0 | 5.7 |
Tropical systems from NOAA NHC HURDAT2 that passed within 75 miles of a Mississippi city on this site, each counted once, in the month of its first such pass; hurricane strength is the track's wind at its closest point to a city.
Coastal water temperature by month
Across 2 NOAA tide stations, the water is warmest in August (median 87°F, up to 87°F at Bay Waveland Yacht Club, MS) and coolest in January (median 55°F, down to 54°F at Bay Waveland Yacht Club, MS). The median station averages 80°F or warmer in June, July, August and September.
| Station | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pascagoula NOAA Lab, MS | 56 | 59 | 66 | 71 | 78 | 83 | 85 | 86 | 83 | 76 | 68 | 61 |
| Bay Waveland Yacht Club, MS | 54 | 59 | 66 | 72 | 79 | 84 | 87 | 87 | 83 | 75 | 67 | 59 |
°F, average of hourly readings 2021–2025; a month counts when at least three years have half their hours on record. Source: NOAA Tides & Currents; the newest readings are preliminary.
Mississippi cities and their stations
| City | Station | Miles | Hottest month high °F | Coldest month low °F | Year precip. in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jackson | Jackson Hawkins Field, MS | 1 | 92 | 38 | 51.3 |
| Gulfport | Gulfport - Biloxi Airport, MS | 1 | 91 | 42 | 62.7 |
| Hattiesburg | Hattiesburg 5SW, MS | 4 | 91 | 38 | 64.5 |
| Brandon | Jackson International Airport, MS | 7 | 92 | 37 | 57.3 |
| Biloxi | Biloxi, MS | 5 | 90 | 44 | 66.8 |
| Meridian | Meridian Key Field, MS | 4 | 93 | 36 | 57.2 |
| Olive Branch | Olive Branch, MS | <1 | 92 | 31 | 59.2 |
| Southaven | Memphis International Airport, TN | 7 | 92 | 33 | 55.0 |
| Columbus | Columbus, MS | 2 | 94 | 36 | 56.7 |
| Madison | Jackson International Airport, MS | 12 | 92 | 37 | 57.3 |
| Tupelo | Tupelo 2, MS | 2 | 90 | 32 | 58.0 |
| Laurel | Laurel, MS | 3 | 93 | 35 | 59.8 |
| Starkville | State Univ, MS | 3 | 92 | 33 | 58.0 |
| Vicksburg | Vicksburg City, MS | 4 | 92 | 38 | 61.8 |
| Ocean Springs | Biloxi, MS | 13 | 90 | 44 | 66.8 |
| Pearl | Jackson International Airport, MS | 3 | 92 | 37 | 57.3 |
| Moss Point | Pascagoula Lott International Airport, MS | 2 | 91 | 41 | 61.8 |
| Canton | Canton 4N, MS | 4 | 92 | 34 | 57.0 |
| Picayune | Picayune, MS | 2 | 92 | 38 | 66.8 |
| Clinton | Jackson Hawkins Field, MS | 7 | 92 | 38 | 51.3 |
| Corinth | Corinth 7 SW, MS | 6 | 90 | 30 | 58.8 |
| Horn Lake | Memphis International Airport, TN | 7 | 92 | 33 | 55.0 |
| Ridgeland | Jackson International Airport, MS | 8 | 92 | 37 | 57.3 |
| Philadelphia | Carthage, MS | 24 | 92 | 34 | 57.8 |
| Brookhaven | Brookhaven City, MS | 2 | 90 | 36 | 61.4 |
| Petal | Hattiesburg Chain Municipal Airport, MS | 6 | 92 | 38 | 59.1 |
| Florence | Jackson International Airport, MS | 14 | 92 | 37 | 57.3 |
| Mccomb | Mccomb/Pike Co/John E Lewis Airport, MS | 4 | 91 | 38 | 60.6 |
| Pontotoc | Pontotoc Exp Stn, MS | 7 | 90 | 31 | 60.9 |
| Long Beach | Gulfport Naval Ctr, MS | 3 | 90 | 44 | 68.3 |
| Gautier | Pascagoula Lott International Airport, MS | 8 | 91 | 41 | 61.8 |
| Carriere | Picayune, MS | 8 | 92 | 38 | 66.8 |
| Columbia | Columbia, MS | 3 | 92 | 38 | 62.0 |
| Clarksdale | Clarksdale, MS | 2 | 91 | 32 | 56.2 |
| New Albany | Hickory Flat, MS | 14 | 90 | 28 | 58.7 |
| Bay St Louis | Waveland, MS | 2 | 89 | 42 | 65.0 |
| Holly Springs | Holly Springs 4 N, MS | 4 | 91 | 29 | 58.2 |
| Carthage | Carthage, MS | 3 | 92 | 34 | 57.8 |
| Purvis | Hattiesburg 5SW, MS | 8 | 91 | 38 | 64.5 |
| Louisville | Louisville, MS | 3 | 92 | 34 | 57.7 |
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